Pleased to offer this rare factory mono 1960 Gibson ES-355 in a perfect original Cherry red finish. This guitar is in excellent condition and is gorgeous.

It has a semi-hollow, thinline body, maple block and a more ‘59 C mahogany neck with an ebony fingerboard refretted.

It packs two original Patent Applied For (PAF) humbucking pickups,Tune-o-matic bridge with a factory Bigsby vibrato tailpiece and gold hardware.

Electronics include two volume and two tone controls and 3-way pickup selector switch with no Varitone switch. 

Body

* Construction: Semi-hollow, thinline body

* Center block: Solid maple

* Dimensions: 16 inches wide, 19 inches long, 1.75 inches deep

* Binding: Triple-bound back, single-bound fretboard, and multi-bound top

* Pickguard: Multi-bound tortoise shell replaced, original included.

Neck

* Material: Mahogany

* Fingerboard: Ebony with mother-of-pearl block inlays

* Scale length: 24.75 inches

* Profile: Medium C-shape

* Nut width: 1.65inches (42mm)

* Radius: 12 inches

* Frets: 22 

Hardware

* Bridge: Tune-o-matic with a vibrato tailpiece

* Tuners: Grover rotomatic tuners

* Hardware finish: Gold-plated 

Electronics

* Pickups: Two Patent Applied For (PAF) humbuckers

* Controls:

* Standard: 2 volume, 2 tone, 3-way selector switch

* Output: Mono output 

This 1960 ES-355 is a dream to play and a true example of vintage Gibson quality and history. Comes with original case.